Benzoyl chloride (32.6 mg, 0.186 mmol) plus the ynamide (32.5 mg, 0.12 mmol) was performed at 30 for 18 h. The concentrated crude residue wasEXPERIMENTAL SECTIONpurified by column JNK2 Synonyms chromatography (five:two dichloromethane/IL-17 supplier hexanes) to provide 45 mg (0.11 mmol, 92 ) of a white strong. 1H NMR (400 MHz): eight.06 (d, J = 7.six Hz, 1H), 7.60 (d, J = 8.three Hz, 2H), 7.45 (d, J = 3.6 Hz, 2H), 7.45-7.31 (m, 4H), 7.31-7.21 (m, 4H), two.43 (s, 3H). 13C NMR (one hundred MHz): 175.3, 145.9, 137.1, 135.four, 133.1, 133.0, 132.9, 132.4, 131.four, 129.9, 129.4, 129.2, 128.two, 126.8, 126.five, 91.0, 76.three, 21.7. Anal. Calcd For C22H16ClNO3S: C, 64.47; H, three.93; N, three.42. Found: C, 64.65; H, four.07; N, three.41. Mp 105 (decomp) N-(3-(4-Chlorophenyl)-3-oxoprop-1-ynyl)-N-phenyl-4-tolylsulfonamide, 4. The reaction with 4-chlorobenzoyl chloride (31.four mg, 0.18 mmol) and the ynamide (32.5 mg, 0.12 mmol) was performed at 30 for 20 h. The concentrated crude residue was purified by column chromatography (two:1 dichloromethane/hexanes) to offer 47 mg (0.115 mmol, 96 ) of a white strong. 1H NMR (400 MHz): 8.09 (d, J = eight.6 Hz, 2H), 7.57 (d, J = 8.4 Hz, 2H), 7.45 (d, J = eight.five Hz, 2H), 7.39-7.28 (m, 3H), 7.28-7.18 (m, 4H), 2.39 (s, 3H). 13C NMR (100 MHz): 175.4, 146.0, 140.two, 137.0, 135.four, 132.9, 130.five, 129.9, 129.five, 129.three, 128.9, 128.1, 126.4, 90.7, 74.7, 21.six. Anal. Calcd For C22H16ClNO3S: C, 64.47; H, three.93; N, 3.42. Identified: C, 64.38; H, four.05; N, three.46. Mp 105-107 . N-(3-(4-Cyanophenyl)-3-oxoprop-1-ynyl)-N-phenyl-4-tolylsulfonamide, five. The reaction with 4-cyanobenzoyl chloride (30.0 mg, 0.18 mmol) along with the ynamide (32.7 mg, 0.12 mmol) was performed at 30 for 18 h. The concentrated crude residue was purified by column chromatography (three:1 dichloromethane/hexanes) to give 46.five mg (0.116 mmol, 97 ) of a white solid. 1H NMR (400 MHz): 8.29 (d, J = eight.three Hz, 2H), 7.82 (d, J = eight.1 Hz, 2H), 7.60 (d, J = eight.three Hz, 2H), 7.47-7.34 (m, 3H), 7.29 (d, J = eight.1 Hz, 2H), 7.27-7.23 (m, 2H), 2.43 (s, 3H). 13C NMR (one hundred MHz): 174.eight, 146.2, 139.eight, 136.8, 136.7, 132.8, 132.4, 130.0, 129.six, 129.4, 128.1, 126.four, 117.9, 116.8, 92.three, 75.1, 21.7. Anal. Calcd For C23H16N2O3S: C, 68.98; H, four.03; N, 7.00. Located: C, 68.67; H, four.14; N, six.92. Mp 155 (decomp) N-(3-(2-Naphthyl)-3-oxoprop-1-ynyl)-N-phenyl-4-tolylsulfonamide, six. The reaction with 2-naphthoyl chloride (35.0 mg, 0.18 mmol plus the ynamide (32.9 mg, 0.121 mmol) was performed at 30 for 12 h. The concentrated crude residue was purified by column chromatography (1:1 dichloromethane/hexanes) to give 51.5 mg (0.12 mmol, 99 ) of a white solid. 1H NMR (400 MHz): 8.88 (s, 1H), 8.19 (dd, J = 8.six, 1.7 Hz, 1H), eight.06 (d, J = 8.1 Hz, 1H), 7.94 (d, J = 8.7 Hz, 1H), 7.91 (d, J = 8.0 Hz, 1H), 7.65 (d, J = eight.two Hz, 2H), 7.65-7.54 (m, 2H), 7.44-7.34 (m, 3H), 7.35-7.27 (m, 2H), 7.28-7.22 (m, 2H), 2.41 (s, 3H). 13C NMR (100 MHz): 176.8, 145.9, 137.1, 135.9, 134.5, 132.9, 132.six, 132.five, 130.0, 129.9, 129.5, 129.2, 128.eight, 128.4, 128.1, 127.eight, 126.8, 126.six, 123.six, 90.two, 75.0, 21.7. Anal. Calcd For C26H19NO3S: C, 73.39; H, 4.50; N, three.29. Identified: C, 73.32; H, four.77; N, three.32. N-(3-(1-Naphthyl)-3-oxoprop-1-ynyl)-N-phenyl-4-tolylsulfonamide, 7. The reaction with 1-naphthoyl chloride (55.0 mg, 0.dx.doi.org/10.1021/jo500365h | J. Org. Chem. 2014, 79, 4167-The Journal of Organic Chemistrymmol) and the ynamide (54.five mg, 0.20 mmol) was performed at 20 for 38 h. The concentrated crude residue was purified by column chromatography (1:1 dichloromethane/hexanes) to provide 67 mg (0.16 mmol, 79 ) of a colorless oil. 1H N.